Depression Tips: Reasons Why We Do Not Take Action to Recover

Let's examine why we know what to do to help ourselves, but still do not put it into action.

We are angry

Maybe we are so angry that we won't try to attempt someone else's suggestions. We feel patronized and loathing of anyone else trying to tell us how we feel. We are still angry and we haven't got to the pain. We have to go back and address the 'seesaw' of pain and anger, which is too high at the angry end.

Going it alone

When we are depressed the easy option is not to ask for help as we don't want other people to be involved in our life. This risks stagnation because if we don't open our hearts to others, we stay stuck with the idea that there is something wrong with us and this leads us into isolation.

We have to take that first risky step of reaching out and asking another to be a friend, even if it's only a two-minute conversation. It's a continuous amazement to me how a short exchange with someone else can feel so profound. In being honest with a trusted colleague at the start of the day, I have turned my depression around with a short exchange by telling them exactly how I feel and having them nodding with under-standing and reflecting on their own status. It's enough and it works. The secret is getting the conditions right to create the trust needed to open up.

We are sorting everyone else out

When we are depressed it is easy for us to focus on everyone else's needs and disregard our own. We can feel as if we have no value and the only worth we feel comes from helping others out. We may ignore pleas to stop, for to stop would be too painful. We may choose others who are unable to tell us to stop. We may choose to feel angry that we are not appreciated and then we can forget that we are depressed because we have the martyr stance to save us from our depression.

We are simply too depressed

If this is the case then we are not ready and we can rest up. It's not our time and we cannot push ourselves any more. Depression involves forcing ourselves to be 'happy' when we're not or 'pro-active' when we can't be. If it isn't time for us to take action then we can simply choose not to.



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